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This Article is From Jun 21, 2019

Philadelphia Refinery Explosion So Hot It's Spotted From Space

(Bloomberg) -- The explosion at a Philadelphia oil refinery on Friday morning was so large and so hot that it was captured from space in satellite infrared images, the National Weather Service's Key West office wrote on Twitter.

Gasoline futures in New York gained after a fire and explosions ripped through Philadelphia Energy Solutions' 335,000 barrels-a-day refinery complex, the largest such plant on the U.S. East Coast.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rudy Ruitenberg in Paris at rruitenberg@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Katerina Petroff at kpetroff@bloomberg.net

©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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